Scientists really have a thing for giving awesome names to the expensive high-tech stuff they are allowed to toy with.A new robotic telescope has had first light at ESO's La Silla Observatory, in Chile. TRAPPIST (TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope) is devoted to the study of planetary systems through two approaches: the detection and characterisation of planets located outside the Solar System (exoplanets) and the study of comets orbiting around the Sun. The 60-cm telescope is operated from a control room in Liège, Belgium, 12 000 km away.
Telescope. Trappist. Operated from Belgium.
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From more on the TRAPPIST project and pictures got to
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